Receptacle attachment.



C. M. SHEPPERSON.

RECEPTACLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1915- 1,179,566. Patented Apr. 18,1916.

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REGEPTACLE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed April 6, 1915. Serial No. 19,433.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. SHEPPER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacle Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacle attachments for down legs or spouts, and although capable of service in a variety of connections, is particularly designed for and serviceable in connection with toilet apparatus involving the use of portable bowls, as in the case of railroad service where it is obviously desirable that the apparatus be capable of its normaluse at all times, while obviating the objections flowing from the discharge of waste or refuse in stations or populated localities.

That the invention may be better understood I will herein disclose the preferred embodiment of the same, said embodiment comprising a receptacle of convenient size and shape, adapted to be connected in communication with a downspout or discharge pipe and being provided with an open botbe .closed by a door or equivalent cover of improved type associated with improved mechanism for effecting the operation and closing thereof.

The details in the construction and arrangement of parts of the device will be apparent from the specific description hereinafter contained, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is afragmentary vertical sectional view of a suitable support, such as the body of a car, having the improved apparatus installed therein; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the attachment; Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the receptacle; Fig. a is a vertical sectional view through the attachment taken at right angles to the section on which Fig. 2 is taken.

Referring more specifically to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, A represents the downspout or discharge pipe of any type of bowl or other apparatus in connection with which the invention may be employed, the pipe extending through the car floor B and for a suitable distance therebelow to enable fastening of the receptacle attachment thereto.

G indicates the receptacle, in this instance of elongated rectangular outline, although it may be of any other contour desired, the same having a neck portion D, adapted tov be suitably coupled to the pipe A, to afford communication of said pipe with the interior of the receptacle. The bottom of the receptacle is tapered downwardly interiorly thereof, as at E, to a discharge opening F; and for normally preventing discharge through said opening, and temporarily maintaining the receptacle contents therein, I provide a suitable closure, in this instance in the nature of a door G, hinged at-one edge, as at H, to one of the lower edges of the receptacle. The receptacle and lower door is preferably formed of metal to give the same the permanence, weight and strength desired.

In order to seal the bottom of the receptacle, the door is formed hollow and with overhanging flanges J, so as to receive on the interior thereof and be confined in place by said flanges, a rubber or other packing pad K, the central portion of the pad being held in place by means of a plate L, secured by detachable rivets or screws M passing through the pad K, and the bottom of the door Gr, to anchor the clamping plate L to said bottom. This arrangement affords a practical means for removably securing the sealing pads in place while presenting at all times the continuous exposed sealing ring or portion N, the latter being adapted to be pressed against the depending edge 0 ofa continuous ring or flange P, entirely surrounding and immediately bordering the discharge opening F at the lower end of the receptacle.

To not only close the door or cover G with reference to the opening F, but also to force the flange P into the embedded and sealing relation to the rubber pad K, I provide a pair of links Q, arranged along the opposite sides of the receptacle C, the said links being pivoted at their lower ends to the forward or free ends of the door or closure, as at It, and passing upwardly and diagonally across the sides of the receptacle,

through elongated guiding loops S, projecting rearwardly from and rigidly attached to the receptacle, so that the projecting upper I ends of the links arepivotally connected, as

at T, to a Vertically disposed reciprocally operating rod U, provided with an outwardly turned operating handle W.

From the foregoing description it willbe instantly appreciated that the handled rod U being free, the weight of the door G and links Q, operatively associated therewith, will cause the door to fall by gravity into the open position, as indicated in the dotted lines Fig. 2, the length of the loops S affording sufficient freedom for the necessary movement of the links. On the other hand, the drawing upwardly of the handle W, through the connected rod U and links Q effectsthe closing and sealing of the door; and the parts may be secured in this position forthe desired period of time-by a manually operable clamping screw or other fastener, represented at X, and cooperating with a guide bracket Y on the wall to which the guide bracket is attached, to bind the reciprocal rod U against movement.

The connection between the links Q, and the rodv U is through the medium of a rock shaft 5 pivotally mounted at its opposite ends 6, to constitute the pivotal connections T, and pivotally connectedintermediate of its ends at 7 to the bifurcated lower end of the rod U. By this connecting arrangement, sufiicient, flexibility of the operating parts is afforded to allow for any irregularities in the formation of the parts or slight disarrangements thereof within reasonable limits, under ordinary working conditions.

8 are small upwardly extending, interiorly arranged pipes, screened at their lower endsand turned outwardly at their upper portions through the front and rear walls of the receptacle, where they are provided with down-turned discharge terminals 10, the purpose of these pipes being to enable liquid contents to overflow in instances Where the receptacle is nearly full. The disposition of the terminals at the front and rear prevents interference thereof with themovable links at the sides of the receptacle, as will be readily understood.

While I have herein disclosed one special embodiment of the invention, it willbe apparent to persons skilled in the art that the invention is capable of embodiment in still other forms and devices, as may be in keeping with the spirit and scope of the hereto appended claims.

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Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: a i

1. An apparatus. of the character described, comprising a receptacle having an.

upper coupling'portion and a lower discharge end, the walls of the-receptacle being spaced apart a uniform distance throughout its length, an integral inclining member directed interiorlyfrom the walls of the receptacle and leading to a relatively small discharge pipe extendingto the bottom or surrounded by and spaced a substantial distance from the walls thereof, and a cover hinged to the receptacle at its lower end and extending entirely thereacross to form a closure for the relatively small discharge of the retected, and a cover hinged to the receptacle and extending entirely thereacross to form a closurefor the outlet pipe and the lower end of the receptacle' 3. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a receptacle having vertically extending walls, a member directed interiorly from the walls thereof and leading to a'relatively small discharge pipe ex'-- tending to the lower portion of thesaid receptacle and entirely. surrounded by and spaced from the walls thereof whereby the discharge pipe is entirely surrounded and protected, and a cover hinged tov the receptacle at its lower end and-extending thereacross to form a closure for the relatively small discharge pipe therein.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAR-LES M. SHEPPERSON. Witnesses:

E. M. PARSONS, H. L. DAVID.

the Commissioner of Patents,

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